RE:Here's what will happen, when & how I know... Sounds great Pine. It would be nice to be a fly on the wall during the back and forth negotiations. I do think Paul (and likely Rio) would have thought we would be trading at a higher market cap now than we are...and I just really wonder how that enters into the negotiations...as I'm obviously in the camp that believes that is important input to the back and forth.
regardless, I agree, I can't see this dragging out more than a year before an acquired agreement is reached....with Rio or other.